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Teenage smut author Lisa Edelstein is the last person you'd want
defending humanity from bloodthirsty monsters, especially since
she's never actually seen one in person. But a midnight train ride
changes everything. One summer and a few forged transcripts later,
our intrepid hero finds herself attending Ashibar Academy, a
tough-as-nails high school for magically-enhanced monster-killers.
With no powers, no weapons, and no combat experience, she'll have
to rely on her wits and charisma to survive in the cutthroat halls
of an unfamiliar school. But when her mysterious black scars start
drawing unwanted attention from a paramilitary organization, she
begins to discover that there might be more to her than she
originally thought. Her newfound friends may be the only thing
standing between her and annihilation.
A life of travel and adventure? Impossible. He was a shy kid in
London, with no ambitions, a humble background, even a mild cockney
accent. In the British Army in the 1950s that would have been
deadly. But Lady Luck stepped in before he was drafted and he lost
the accent. He became An Officer of Engineers. His brother officers
talked about college after the army. No one in his family had been
to college, but, why not? Plus with another bit of luck he became a
Film Extra. You might have seen him in 'Around the World in 80
Days.' His father, a Dutchman had emigrated to England. The genes
ran true and he ran away to Canada, and then to America, the lands
of opportunity. He became a civil engineer in Labrador, building
radar stations in the land of ice and snow, missionaries and
Eskimos, and dog team patrols with the Mounties. Lady Luck then
moved him to Vancouver, Canada's fun city, full of young
adventurers. There he met a young woman, slim and shy, pretty and
smart, a doctor. They had a good life. The sailboat trip across the
North Atlantic via Greenland through a hurricane may have given her
food for thought, and then he really dropped a bomb. "I am more
interested in your work than mine. I am going to become a doctor."
The years after the divorce, as med student and intern were hard,
but helping patients was so challenging and rewarding that he never
looked back. He traveled during vacations, sometimes as an unpaid
missionary doctor in Mexico, Saudi Arabia, the Amazon etc.. After
retirement his itchy feet took him all over the world. This life
story, warts and all, is meant as a cautionary tale for his
grand-children.
In Hard to Please Rodney invents two machines to help the grumpy
owners of the Charming Tea Shop. Will Rodney's inventions get them
to buy his father's delicious buns? TreeTops Fiction contains a
wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and
develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories
from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure,
mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal
for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and
illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds
books they will enjoy and can read. Books contain inside cover
notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's
reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The
books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to
the right book.
There are hundreds of inscriptions to be found on Roman tombstones
in museums throughout the country. They tell us a great deal about
the Romans in Britain. However, to save space the wording is full
of abbreviations and the meaning of the typical inscription is lost
on the average museum visitor. But fluency in Latin is not
necessary to read inscriptions. By learning a few basic rules and
formulae anyone can become proficient at reading the inscription
and understanding what it tells us about Roman Britain.
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